By Alex ‘Earthie Mama’ Du Toit Guest writer for Wake Up World Commercial insect repellents are so incredibly toxic with dangerous chemicals such as DEET (diethyltoluamide). As...
Category - D.I.Y. and Self Sufficiency
The Greenhouse of the Future — Grow Your Own Food Year-Round With This Revolutionary System
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World It’s no secret that food security is becoming a critical issue around the world. With drought, economic instability, erratic...
How To Commit Nutritional Anarchy! Resistance Through Food Self-Sufficiency
By Daisy Luther, Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton Guest Writers for Wake Up World Once upon a time, if we felt we needed to, we could go to the pharmacy or department store, select a bottle of...
How to Make Kombucha
By Alex ‘Earthie Mama’ Du Toit Guest Writer for Wake Up World I am a huge fan of Kombucha. It has been brewed and enjoyed for over 2000 years all over the world. Many...
The Old-Fashioned, Old Fogey Rules of Sustainability
27th October 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World There is a tendency in all of us to compare the old to the new. This is especially true in the preparedness community where...
Using Nature’s Remedies for Health and Wellness
30th September 2014 By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Although I have always had an interest in using natural products for health and wellness, the elimination of toxic...
Adapting to Life Outside the System
By Paul Chambers Guest Writer for Wake Up World Some time has passed since I last chronicled my ongoing adventure, living on the top of a mountain in the Australian Bush with my wife Sarah in...
17 of The Most Underrated Medicinal Plants In The World
14th September 2014 By Mae Chan Guest Writer for Wake Up World Many people are finally becoming acquainted with how effective plants such as cannabis are medicinally. Others are very familiar with...
DIY $2 Self-Watering Garden Bed: Grow Produce Easily, Even in the Toughest Drought Conditions
By Carolanne Wright Contributing writer for Wake Up World “When life gives you lemons, share them with neighbors!” enthuses the Food is Free Project, a grassroots organization based...
Enterprising Community Aims for Total Food Self-Sufficiency with Free Edible Landscapes
By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World Imagine strolling through your town and finding the post office surrounded by raised beds, lush with produce that is free for the...
Living Life Outside The System
By Paul Chambers Guest Writer for Wake Up World My wife Sarah mentioned in passing “I have put the house on the market”. She was not happy living in suburbia in a 4 bedroom house...
Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew
By Gaye Levy Contributing Writer for Wake Up World A few weeks ago I was looking for some books that address old fashioned, tried and true ways of doing things. When I found “How to Sew...